Local swimmers get good news about state meet bids

6:31 AM,
Feb. 18, 2013

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Bucyrus junior Taryn Gathright has never hit the refresh button on her internet browser as much as she did this weekend.

Gathright finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.28 Friday at the Division II Northwest district meet, putting in her in a good position to grab one of the at-large bids to the state championships.

"I thought that it was good enough, but you still never know how fast other districts will go," Gathright said. "There was still doubt, but I still felt pretty good about it." ...